tataeíra
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tatá (“fire”) + eíra (“bee”),[1] referring to its painful bite.
Noun[edit]
tataeíra (unpossessable)
- bee of the species Oxytrigona tataira
- Synonym: kabesé
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: tatá-ira
- Brazilian Portuguese: → tataíra, → abelha-de-fogo (calque)
References[edit]
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tataeíra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 466, column 1